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<\/div>\nLive TV footage from the affected islands did not immediately show clear signs of high waves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A strong earthquake struck Taiwan’s southeastern coast on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, bringing at least one building down in a small town and prompting Japan to issue a tsunami warning.<\/p>\n
The quake hit at 2:44 pm (0644 GMT) about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the city of Taitung at a depth of 10 kilometres, the USGS said.<\/p>\n
Its initial strength was given as 7.2-magnitude but USGS later downgraded it to a 6.9-magnitude quake.<\/p>\n
At least one building collapsed in the town of Yuli according to Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency.<\/p>\n
Video posted by CNA showed panicked residents running towards the building which had caved in on itself and sent up a thick cloud of dust.<\/p>\n
Shaking was also felt in the capital Taipei, an AFP reporter said.<\/p>\n
A 6.6 magnitude quake hit the same region on Saturday and there have been multiple tremors since with minimal damage in what is a mountainous, sparsely populated rural region.<\/p>\n
But Sunday’s quake was much stronger.<\/p>\n
Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory to remote islands near Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Waves as high as one metre were expected to arrive around 4 pm (0700 GMT), it added.<\/p>\n
Live TV footage from the affected islands did not immediately show clear signs of high waves.<\/p>\n
The China Earthquake Network Centre said tremors were clearly felt in coastal areas including Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai.<\/p>\n
Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as the island lies near the junction of two tectonic plates.<\/p>\n
The island sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.<\/p>\n
Taiwan’s deadliest ever quake was a 7.6-magnitude jolt in September 1999 that killed over 2,400 people.<\/p>\n
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